Ehretia. | LXXXIX. BORAGINEZ (BAKER AND WRIGHT). 27 
21. E. Stuhlmannii, Giirke in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 336. A 
tree about 20 ft. high. Leaves broadly elliptic or obovate, 3—6 in. long,. 
2-4? in. wide, acute or rather obtuse, rounded or acute at the base, 
obscurely and remotely dentate, coriaceous, rough above, velvety pube- 
scent beneath ; petiole 3-6 lin. long, pubescent. Cymes in the axils of 
the upper leaves, lax, long peduncled ; flowers very shortly pedicelled 
or sessile, Calyx 14 lin. long, 5-lobed to just below the middle, pube- 
scent outside; lobes deltoid, acute. Corolla-tube as long as the calyx; 
lobes 5, ovate, obtuse, reflexed. Stamens 5, long exserted ; filaments. 
glabrous. Ovary shortly oblong; style 2-lobed nearly to the middle.— 
Giirke in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 309. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Kilimanjaro Expedition, 40-60 miles from 
the coast, Johnston / Mombasa, Kirk ! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Zanquebar, Kirk! near Mrogoro,. 
Stuhlmann, 57! near Dar-es-Salaam, Stuhlmann, 6735, 7422! 7454, 7640, 7658! 
7826, Nyika, between the Mtindi-Markt and Kwa Mkembe, Volkens, 35. Portu- 
guese East Africa: Lower Zambesi; Shupanga, Kirk ! Tete, Kirk! 
22. E. uhehensis, (Giirke in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 462. An erect 
shrub; bark dull grey. Leaves oblong, 14-3 in. long, 1-1? in. wide, 
acute, narrowed to the base, irregularly toothed upwards, pubescent ; 
petiole 5—9 lin. long. Cymes lax, terminal, pubescent; bracts lanceo- 
late-subulate, 1-24 lin. long. Calyx 14 lin. long, pubescent ; teeth 5, 
ovate, short, obtuse. Corolla tubular, white ; tube 24 lin. long; Jobes 
5), lanceolate, obtuse, as long as the tube. Stamens scarcely exserted. 
Style about 3 lin. long. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Uhehe; lower mountain slopes by the 
Lofio River, 1900 ft., Goetze, 444, 
23. E. Fischeri, Giirke in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 336. A shrub 
or small tree. Leaves obovate, obtuse, narrowed to the base, 1 in. 
long, 9 lin. broad, entire, velvety on both sides; petioles short. Cymes 
in the axils of the upper leaves, lax, few-flowered ; branches glandular ; 
pedicels about 2 lin. long. Calyx 1 lin. long, glandular-pubescent, 
divided nearly to the base; lobes 5, lanceolate. Corolla divided to 
about the middle, glabrous outside; tube twice as long as the calyx ; 
lobes 5, lanceolate, obtuse. Stamens as long as the corolla-lobes; fila- 
ments glabrous. Style 3 lin. long; branches 1 lin. long.—Engl. Jahrb. 
Xxviii. 313. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usmawo; Kagehi (Kageyi), Fischer, 
323; Usinja; near the French mission at Usambiro, Stuhlmann, 850. 
3. RHABDIA, Mart.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 842. 
Calyx campanulate, deeply 5-lobed ; lobes ovate-lanceolate. Corolla- 
tube short, campanulate, naked in the throat; lobes 5, oblong, imbri- 
cate. Stamens 5, inserted near the base of the corolla-tube ; filaments 
filiform ; anthers oblong. Ovary ovoid, imperfectly 4-celled ; style long, 
subulate, simple ; stigmas 2-lobed, capitate ; ovules pendulous. Pyrenes 
